As a member of the Computer Systems Management team, the Consultant shall provide
support to all Ground Segment Commissioning and Routine Operations. The duties range
from the support to the operation of the UNIX-based ground segment facilities, to the
analysis, design, development, testing and maintenance of distributed hardware and system
software platforms. This includes the setting-up and implementation of maintenance policies
and procedures, the support to the procurement of hardware and software, and the coordination
with external providers of maintenance services.

The Consultant shall perform the following tasks:

• installation and configuration of operating system and other software, tuning of operating
  systems parameters to optimize performance;
  
• analysis, planning and performance of H/W and S/W upgrades or reconfigurations, taking
  care of compatibility issues between subsystems;
  
• monitoring of the system performance, investigation into H/W and system S/W problems
  and performance of the relevant corrective actions;
  
• ensuring that in case of H/W or system S/W failures the operational configuration can be
  restored, including the definition, maintenance, performance of backup procedures;
  
• liaison with the external providers of H/W and system S/W maintenance for the request
  and follow up of maintenance interventions;
  
• administration and installation of databases;
  
• administration of user accounts;
  
• support to S/W development and maintenance in relation to the utilization of system
  resources;
  
• implementation and maintenance of scripts and/or procedures where applicable for the
  automated and/or controlled execution of the above activities, generation or update of
  technical documentation in relation to system upgrades;
  
• provision of stand-by/on-call support;
  
• provision of support, as required, to critical operations.
  

In the performance of the activities the Consultant shall apply the relevant change control and
maintenance procedures.

In addition to having a university degree (or equivalent), the Consultant shall have extensive
experience in the administration and troubleshooting of distributed systems. The experience
should have been made in an operational or production environment, characterized by custom
applications in addition to standard software, running both on the client and server side, and by
high availability requirements.

The Consultant shall have an expert knowledge and a significant work experience of the UNIX
operating system(s), and should be familiar, to the extent required by the performance of the
above tasks, with as many as possible of the following system software environments:

• on IBM computers: AIX;
  
• on SUN computers: SOLARIS;
  
• on DELL computers: Linux;
  
• RAID arrays (EMC);
  
• Databases : ORACLE ;
  
• SAN (Brocade);
  
• TCP/IP internetworking and the related network protocols and applications, e.g NIS, NFS,
  DNS, SNMP, FTP;
  

Experience in the installation, administration and troubleshooting on some of the following shall
be considered as an advantage:

• Backup and recovery systems
  
• high availability software like IBM HACMP, Veritas Cluster, LEGATO AAM, HP
  MC/Service Guard or any other;
  
• Knowledge of Windows operating systems.
  

It is also an advantage if the consultant can carry out basic hardware support like installing
interface cards or physically setting up networks.

The variety of the tasks and the scope of the systems to be supported require a high degree of
autonomy and good analytical skills together with the ability to effectively cooperate within
the team and with internal customers.

The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the
position is English and therefore the consultant must be able to work effectively in this
language and have a knowledge of the other, together with good communication skills.

• Great opportunities for training and personal development
• Challenges in advanced technical environments
• International and cosmopolitan working atmosphere
• Highly competitive salary

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